Together, NWR Sheffield Crookes and NWR Sheffield Fulwood enjoyed a conducted tour of Sheffield Cutlers’ Hall, a Grade 2 listed building and one of the finest Livery Halls in the country. Chaucer mentioned a thwitel (knife) in The Reeves Tale and John Ruskin was full of admiration for Sheffield’s highly skilled craftsmen. We saw an amazing display of silverware and cutlery, including the first stainless steel knife, made by Sheffield’s Harry Brearley who invented stainless steel in 1915. The Banqueting Hall accommodates the Cutlers’ Feasts….. but we were grateful for tea and biscuits at the end of a fascinating tour.
